Mandalas Infantiles

The "mandalas phenomenon" has come to reach a diverse public of all ages. It's easy to understand their popularity of these powerful artistic tools with the power to improve quality of life and self-understanding.

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

Ricardo the pack rat has collected so much stuff that his rat hole is full. Includes facts about pack rats.

Learn the many steps that must be followed to make a car! With vibrant, detailed photos, informational, Spanish-translated text, and a chart to show steps of the assembly line, even the most reluctant reader will want to learn more about this fascinating factory!

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...